federal deficit

Where Does The Federal Budget Deficit Fit Into The Health Care Equation?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas about how to balance the need for health care with the need to reduce the federal budget deficit.

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Affordable Care Act

Study: 19 Million Uninsured If Law Repealed

Repealing the federal health law would add an additional 19 million to the ranks of the uninsured in 2016 and increase the federal deficit over the next…

Consumer

Congress Works on $213B Doc Payment Plan

Associated Press

Bipartisan House leaders are working on a $213 billion plan to permanently change how doctors are paid for treating Medicare patients, a costly problem…